Category Specialist

Excellent opportunity for a Category Specialist working with a leading services company based in Watford, with an excellent salary up to £40k. This role is due to recent growth and will sit within the Procurement team, focusing on Purchasing, Supply Chain and Tender process.

As a Category Specialist, you will be involved in all aspects managing a category, from tender process to end to end supply chain.

Responsibilities of the Category Specialist;

• Delivering sourcing principles across all categories, including clinical and non clinical.
• Working closely with key stakeholders to understand specific requirements.
• Drive delivery of all category targets.
• Maintain knowledge of supplier markets, sub categories and capabilities.
• Working with key suppliers to improve quality, performance and drive down cost.
• Lead negotiation of commercial contracts with suppliers
• Manage supplier relationships, ensuring business needs are met through contract lifecycle.
• Expert for the specific category with understanding of market, industry and best practice.

Key Requirements for the Category Specialist;

• Experience in managing sole category, ideally Medical, HR, Professional Services, Marketing or similar.
• Experience in Clinical and/or non-clinical sourcing
• Educated to a degree level within Supply Chain, Business or similar field.
• Member of CIPS

This role would suit someone with previous experience as; Buyer, Senior Buyer, Category Manager, Category Specialist, Procurement Assistant.